<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e825d499-7fff-eb37-0346-41dd112df5ba" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi ESP students,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">tl;dr: Summer HSSP 2021 is happening from 7/10 to 8/14! </span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/LearnSpacePandas" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register by June 25 for six Saturdays of cool (virtual) classes!</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:280px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/34bNPnsqfgtfRqPEuQnDqphNkxSWdFelG_yFckM9Cxm9mHs67qazVWc98aKXQUWLcC_MjeuMtEJ-6f8zfI9JnAqzmDU-DDyO7ORS6lHX3YupF8LfaCPLB3C-Wnp6O07IZ72ow9eT" width="624" height="280" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summer HSSP 2021 is a six-week program for middle and high schoolers, open to grades 7–12 (including rising 7th graders and graduated 12th graders). It will run on Saturdays from 1 to 5 PM EDT, beginning on July 10 and ending on August 14. This year, you can take “Half Term” (3 week) classes, “Full Term” (6 week) classes, or both!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teachers from all over the planet are offering a wide variety of out-of-this-world classes, including:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Great and Small: Crazy Electrons</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Honestly Just a Book Club</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sharing Secrets: An Introduction to Cryptography</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summer HSSP offers a unique opportunity for you to explore a topic in depth and interact with other students. Classes this summer will occur </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">virtually</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on Zoom. </span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/2021_Summer/catalog" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out the catalog here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and register for classes at <</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/LearnSpacePandas" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://esp.mit.edu/LearnSpacePandas</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">>. In addition to the current catalog, more classes will be added in the coming weeks!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Classes will be assigned by lottery. The lottery is </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">not </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">first-come first-served, so take your time to look through the catalog. You can express interest in as many classes as you'd like and rank up to three classes per time block as “priority”. We recommend that you star all the classes you’re interested in, since having many stars will increase your chance of a full schedule!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make sure to rank your classes by the deadline, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11:59 PM EDT on June 25</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. More classes will be added after the lottery opens, so if you check back later, you’ll continue to see new and exciting choices to add to your schedule! Class assignments will be released on our website a few days after the deadline, after which students can add or drop classes in the first-come-first-served phase of registration.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The total cost of attending Summer HSSP is $40, which includes all six Saturdays of classes. We also offer generous need-based financial aid. Financial limitations should not prevent anyone from participating. If costs are at all holding you back from attending this program, you will later have the option to request financial aid! Payment and the financial aid application will open after lottery results are available, and more information about aid will be shared then.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you this summer! Email us at </span><a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">summer-hssp@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have questions about the program.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:n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